Michigan

Bemis Road paving project moves forward

The Ypsilanti Township Board of Trustees approved a $189,200 payment Tuesday to pave a stretch of Bemis Road, a project expected to end years of dangerous dust conditions near an elementary school on the border of Ypsilanti and Augusta townships.

The paving is expected to cost about $400,000, and the rest of the money will come from a developer and Augusta Township.

Now that funding has been secured, the Washtenaw County Road Commission could begin paving this fall on the road between Hitchingham and Whittaker roads near Childs Elementary School. The commission maintains roads in the township.